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	<description>Blogging for jewelers and metalsmiths made easy! (and for those interested in jewelry and gemstones)</description>
	<pubDate>Thu, 04 Mar 2010 20:41:14 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>Exotic Gems, Volume 1 by Renee Newman</title>
		<link>http://flyviewsandreviews.ganoksin.com/blogs/2010/03/04/exotic-gems-volume-1-by-renee-newman/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 04 Mar 2010 20:41:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Robyn Hawk</dc:creator>
		
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 Professional to Layman&#8230;Newman Does It Again!, March 3, 2010




By 
Reading It All &#8220;Reading It All - Robyn&#8221;




Renee Newman knocks it out of the park again!!!! In her latest book Exotic Gems: How to Identify and Buy Tanzanite, Ammolite, Rhodochrosite, Zultanite, Sunstone, Moonstone &#38; Other Feldspars (Newman Exotic Gem Series) Ms. Newman opens the world [...]]]></description>
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		<title>2010 Pasadena Bead and Design Show</title>
		<link>http://flyviewsandreviews.ganoksin.com/blogs/2010/01/17/2010-pasadena-bead-and-design-show/</link>
		<comments>http://flyviewsandreviews.ganoksin.com/blogs/2010/01/17/2010-pasadena-bead-and-design-show/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 17 Jan 2010 08:36:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Robyn Hawk</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Today I spent the afternoon at the Pasadena Bead and Design Show at the Hilton.  I went to this show the first year it went in&#8230;it was a sad - quiet event.  I am glad I gave it a second look and very happy to report that the place was packed!!!

In all honesty [...]]]></description>
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		<title>New Year&#8217;s Day at the Himalaya&#8230;a SoCal Tradition!</title>
		<link>http://flyviewsandreviews.ganoksin.com/blogs/2010/01/04/new-years-day-at-the-himalayaa-socal-tradition/</link>
		<comments>http://flyviewsandreviews.ganoksin.com/blogs/2010/01/04/new-years-day-at-the-himalayaa-socal-tradition/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 04 Jan 2010 15:45:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Robyn Hawk</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Yesterday was a special day here in Southern California - the sun was warm&#8230;I know not much different from most of the other days&#8230;and we participated in a SoCal tradition!!!

No - we didn&#8217;t camp out on Colorado Blvd. or go to the Rose Bowl or even post up in front of the TV for a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Labor Day Trip to the Spectrum Sunstone Mine</title>
		<link>http://flyviewsandreviews.ganoksin.com/blogs/2009/12/30/labor-day-trip-to-the-spectrum-sunstone-mine/</link>
		<comments>http://flyviewsandreviews.ganoksin.com/blogs/2009/12/30/labor-day-trip-to-the-spectrum-sunstone-mine/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 30 Dec 2009 08:46:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Robyn Hawk</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[About a year ago (August 2008) my boyfriend (Bobby) and I were fortunate to be invited by our friend Shep Koss (CFMS FieldTrip Chair - SoCal) to join him for his annual trip to Oregon (Sunstone Mines) and Nevada (Virgin Valley Opal Region).

So you might ask - what took so long to post the trip? [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Within The Stone by Bill Atkinson</title>
		<link>http://flyviewsandreviews.ganoksin.com/blogs/2009/12/28/within-the-stone-by-bill-atkinson/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 28 Dec 2009 05:50:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Robyn Hawk</dc:creator>
		
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Within The Stone
by Bill Atkinson



 

 Rocks as ART!, December 26, 2009





   




If you are, like me, a rockhound or a gem and mineral lover you will love this book. Atkinson is one of the foremost artists in the genre of Rocks as Art.
More on Bill Atkinson - from the Product Description: BILL [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Ron Ringsrud and the Emeralds of Colombia&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://flyviewsandreviews.ganoksin.com/blogs/2009/12/19/ron-ringsrud-and-the-emeralds-of-colombia/</link>
		<comments>http://flyviewsandreviews.ganoksin.com/blogs/2009/12/19/ron-ringsrud-and-the-emeralds-of-colombia/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 19 Dec 2009 18:31:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Robyn Hawk</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Last night I attended the &#8220;Meet The Author&#8221; event at Nevada Mineral and Book.  This is the most recent installment in a series that has included some of the finest and most well known authors in the Gem and Mineral Fields&#8230;Renee Newman, Fred Ward and now Ron Ringsrud.



Nevada Mineral &#38; Book was a buzz [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Gem Reports From The Source&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://flyviewsandreviews.ganoksin.com/blogs/2009/12/16/gem-reports-from-the-source/</link>
		<comments>http://flyviewsandreviews.ganoksin.com/blogs/2009/12/16/gem-reports-from-the-source/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 16 Dec 2009 14:23:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Robyn Hawk</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[I am starting to get ready for my trip to Tucson and in doing so I am researching gem reports - I like to get my information from the horse&#8217;s mouth&#8230;

One source I was recently directed to by Richard Wise* was his friend David Epstein.  David operates Precious Resources - the company functions as [...]]]></description>
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		<title>My Christmas Present To Me!  Emeralds: A Passionate Guide by Ron Ringsrud</title>
		<link>http://flyviewsandreviews.ganoksin.com/blogs/2009/12/06/my-christmas-present-to-me-emeralds-a-passionate-guide-by-ron-ringsrud/</link>
		<comments>http://flyviewsandreviews.ganoksin.com/blogs/2009/12/06/my-christmas-present-to-me-emeralds-a-passionate-guide-by-ron-ringsrud/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 06 Dec 2009 22:17:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Robyn Hawk</dc:creator>
		
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This book has been compared to Richard Hughes&#8217; book &#8220;Ruby &#38; Sapphire&#8221; and has garnered praise from leaders in the fields of Gemology, Mining and Jewelry Design.

So imagine my sheer JOY when I found (through a conversation with Walt) that Ron Ringsrud would be making a personal appearance in Southern California!!!!



My favorite place to shop [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Bonham&#8217;s Los Angeles Natural History Auction Dec. 6th!</title>
		<link>http://flyviewsandreviews.ganoksin.com/blogs/2009/12/05/bonhams-los-angeles-natural-history-auction-dec-6th/</link>
		<comments>http://flyviewsandreviews.ganoksin.com/blogs/2009/12/05/bonhams-los-angeles-natural-history-auction-dec-6th/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 05 Dec 2009 18:24:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Robyn Hawk</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[&#8230;and the star of the show&#8230;. a five-pound blister pearl found off the coast of the Philippines that has been dubbed the &#8220;Palawan Princess.&#8221;

The natural non-nacreous pearl was found in saltwater near the Philippines&#8217; Palawan island and &#8220;bears an uncanny resemblance to a human brain,&#8221; the auction house said. Both rare and immense, the gem [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Day Two: AOS Opal &#38; Gem Show!</title>
		<link>http://flyviewsandreviews.ganoksin.com/blogs/2009/11/09/day-two-aos-opal-gem-show/</link>
		<comments>http://flyviewsandreviews.ganoksin.com/blogs/2009/11/09/day-two-aos-opal-gem-show/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 09 Nov 2009 23:19:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Robyn Hawk</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[I really wanted to get to the show early enough to report on the second day of seminars - but I am battling some sort of head cold - so&#8230;I missed Jim Pisani&#8217;s talk on Florescence in Opals.



I got to the show just in time for a great seminar with Larry Hoskinson and Leslie Neff [...]]]></description>
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